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THE POLICY PROVISO

Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT

Remember back in 2003, when the Browns insisted that all their draft picks sign five-year contracts? It was a hardball maneuver which denied these players the sure chance to hit free agency after the four years specified in the collective bargaining agreement...(read more)

CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION

Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:35:00 GMT

I guess the closer you get to the beltway, the nearer you approach bizarro-world. From the Baltimore Sun: " For Ravens, character counts ." Very interesting read, if you can put aside (or be amused by) the favoritism toward the dreaded Crackmorons...(read more)

Browns stats you probably haven't seen, with good reason

Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:02:00 GMT

Each year I update a little spreadsheet of Browns stats since their 1999 return. Don't ask me why. Maybe it's so I can, in excruciatingly exacting detail, understand just how it is that I am still waiting for a return to championship football...(read more)

Gimme five: new life for sudden death

Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:39:00 GMT

Sudden death overtime was a great idea for its time. The invention of former commissioner Bert Bell (who, incidentally, suffered his own sudden death at the first game he attended following the epic 1958 NFL championship) added excitement to the sport...(read more)

The no-go logo

Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:16:00 GMT

Nice piece of Browns history research here , with images you've likely not seen before, concerning the legendary "CB" logo that might've maybe almost nearly adorned (or befouled) the Browns' orange helmets in 1965. In his pursuit...(read more)

What this win changes

Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:02:00 GMT

It can't be the Browns' worst season if they beat Pittsburgh. Three games remain before we can say where the 2009 Mangini weenies will rank alongside 1975, 1990, 1995, and the six teams winning five or fewer games in the latest decade. Could they...(read more)

Peeling back old 32

Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:03:00 GMT

A balanced look at Jim Brown, courtesy of America's Finest News Source ....(read more)

Coaching up coach

Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:37:00 GMT

Being a Browns fan these days means awaiting the next, previously-unthinkable new way for a team to meet defeat. Yesterday worthy contribution to this panoply of pathos: blowing a three-touchdown lead to a 1-8 team and allowing a rookie QB to throw for...(read more)

A premonition too preposterous to ... oh, wait!

Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:56:00 GMT

Guess I was too superstitious to post this earlier, but over the past two weeks the thought came to mind distressingly often. What else could go wrong? The Browns were already 1-7. A national laughingstock. An organizational Superfund site. A national...(read more)

Stick a Sporcle in 'em

Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:26:00 GMT

Further documenting the woeful whirlwind of Browns football over the last decade, I hereby challenge you with my third Browns-related quiz . Name the 19 men who have led our offensive, defensive, and special teams units since the franchise's resurrection...(read more)

Practice players to pluck

Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:27:00 GMT

Now that both of the Browns' leading tacklers, inside linebackers D'Qwell Jackson and Eric Barton, are shelved for the season, the active roster stands at 52, leaving one available job, even after this week's promotion of rookie LB Marcus...(read more)

A Phippsian flop

Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:28:00 GMT

Via PFR, we find that Derek Anderson had the worst statistical performance of any NFL quarterback in the first half of any of the past 34 seasons . Not since 1975, when the Browns' own Mike Phipps began the year tossing 10 interceptions with nary...(read more)

Parody of parity update

Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:12:00 GMT

Yesterday's NFL margins of victory/defeat: 0-9 points: 4 games 10-19 points: 3 games 20-29 points: 5 games 30+ points: 0 games. Slim chance of seeing a game that gets decided late between two equally-matched teams, but this is actually an improvement...(read more)

Give me victory or give me ... um, a coupon

Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:51:00 GMT

In the face of network blackouts and fan "brownout" demonstrations, I have a specific suggestion for Randy Lerner during this most disheartening time. Read the full piece here . So here's my far-fetched but heartfelt proposal to the Browns...(read more)

Parody of parity

Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:23:00 GMT

Yesterday's NFL margins of victory/defeat: 0-9 points: 2 games 10-19 points: 4 games 20-29 points: 2 games 30+ points: 4 games. Average score of a 2009 Browns game: Cleveland 10, Anyone Else 26 Average NFL ticket price : $75....(read more)